Timmons v. Mathis

1. While the superior court is, ordinarily speaking, a court of general jurisdiction, still, on certiorari and appeal from a justice’s court, its jurisdiction is limited; and this limitation is, in the main, in accordance with the jurisdiction of the lower court. •

2. In a claim case the only issue ordinarily presented is: Is the property subject? An exception to this general rule exists where, by reason of the filing of supplemental equitable pleadings, the ease is converted from a simple claim case into an equitable or quasi-equitable proceeding. As a justice’s court is without jurisdiction…